Holy One, creator of the stars and seas,your steadfast love is shown to every living thingsyour word calls forth countless worlds and souls;your law revives and refreshes.Forgive our misuse of your gifts,that we may be transformed by your wisdomto manifest for othersthe mercy of our crucified and risen Lord. Amen

Scripture

(John 2:13-22) The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.

Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, "Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!"

His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me." The Jews then said to him, "What sign can you show us for doing this?" Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews then said, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?"

But he was speaking of the temple of his body.

After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

Reflection

Jesus went to the temple to pray. He remembers his visit of years ago. This is so different. This is not right. Profit and money changers, merchants and buyers. What has this become? How do we visit and pray in our church?

SND Ministry Story

Sr. Justine Mokoko SNDdeN knows how to care for persons in need, children in school, and a young women discerning a future life. In Mpese, Congo, Justine helps children help each other.

Holy One, creator of the stars and seas,your steadfast love is shown to every living thingsyour word calls forth countless worlds and souls;your law revives and refreshes.Forgive our misuse of your gifts,that we may be transformed by your wisdomto manifest for othersthe mercy of our crucified and risen Lord. Amen

Scripture

(John 2:13-22) The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.

Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, "Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!"

His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me." The Jews then said to him, "What sign can you show us for doing this?" Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews then said, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?"

But he was speaking of the temple of his body.

After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

Reflection

Jesus went to the temple to pray. He remembers his visit of years ago. This is so different. This is not right. Profit and money changers, merchants and buyers. What has this become? How do we visit and pray in our church?

SND Ministry Story

Sr. Justine Mokoko SNDdeN knows how to care for persons in need, children in school, and a young women discerning a future life. In Mpese, Congo, Justine helps children help each other.